Ultimate Travel Guide 2010

Here is one visitor’s view of two very different cities.

He has one somewhere, he’s sure. Maybe the Philo Apple Farm Cooking School will bring it out.

The pristine natural beauty encompassing mountain, desert and sea vistas has lured the movie industry to California’s Central Coast since Cecil B. DeMille in the 1920s.

A Walt Disney museum and a digital arts center are among the enlistees at the city’s former Army base. Visitors are noticing.

Stay, eat and tour where hippies dropped out and turned on. Psychedelic, man.

The Navy’s been a big part of the city for decades. Get a feel for the service at the Midway Museum and other publicly accessible naval spots.

A proposal would allow weddings to be held at wineries in Napa Valley.

A list with websites and phone numbers.

The Golden State is home to nearly 3,000 wineries. Here are some starting points for sifting through them.

Need a break? From the beach to the mountains to wine country, Southern California is rich with possibilities.

Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas is huge -- it’s the world’s largest cruise ship, after all -- and a total blast -- from casinos to spas, it’s impossible to be bored. Call it Vegas and Disneyland, rolled into one.

This was not my first cruise, but it was my first on Royal Caribbean.

The ship is posh and very British during a trip through the Panama Canal.

Websites can help steer you to a voyage at an attractive price, but traditional travel agents may be able to match them -- and with service.

Nonbelievers take a walk on the vegan side and return healthy and refreshed. No meat, no problem.

Traveling on NCL’s Norwegian Jewel -- at bargain rates -- from its winter home in Florida to its summer base in England.

Aqua Theater presents a challenge to an architect who has created dance clubs and carousels for ships.

The ship has 24 dining venues, 235 cooks and five executive sous chefs who are kept very busy.

When a trusted friend told me she loved her last cruise, my curiosity piqued.

With more cruise lines offering niche sailings this year, it’s never been easier to book a circumnavigation tour.